100% disabled

100% disabled is a term used by the Veterans Administrationto classify retired military veteransas completely disabled. This label is used in referring to what type of benefits the veteran will receive. A subset of this label unemployable, which simply means that the veteran is not technically 100% disabled but due to their disability they are no longer able to work in their given field; hence unemployable. These two labels are important because in deciding which benefits the veteran receives, or how much, they must be properly classified as 100% disabled, unemployable, or both.

Reference

Congressional Research Service, "Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues" September 8th 2005 by Robert L. Goldich, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

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